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Raglan-Manu Bay surf break

Raglan-Manu Bay surfForecast / Raglan and West Waikato / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 15 Jan 2026 NZDT
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Raglan-Manu Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Raglan-Manu Bay sea temperature is
21.0° C
 (Which is 2.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Raglan-Manu Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Raglan-Manu Bay at 2PM is: 0.5m 16s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.1m 7s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)2ft (0.6m)10s
Afternoon (15 Jan)4ft (1.2m)7s
Evening (15 Jan)2ft (0.6m)15s

Table - waves today at Raglan-Manu Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
2
1
2
2
2
1
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
1
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
0.7
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)101010777151515141414141413131313131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)86656588167181193339405400394389307290282277331507447373292274218211
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
20
NW
10
N
15
N
10
NE
15
N
15
N
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
W
10
WNW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
ENE
10
WNW
10
SW
10
SSW
5
E
20
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		crosscrossoncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncrossglassglasscross-
on		crosscross-
off		glasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:56AM
2.42
9:13PM
2.38
9:41AM
2.55
10:00PM
2.49
10:20AM
2.69
10:41PM
2.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:38AM
0.81
3:10PM
0.85
3:29AM
0.72
3:54PM
0.74
4:12AM
0.61
4:33PM
0.63
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
Sunrise-6:13-------6:15-------6:16------
Sunset-----8:44-------8:44-------8:43--
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
45341221111------------1
Temp. °C181820202222191919192021212018181818202221211916
Feels °C (?)191921192322191819191920191918181819202120212014
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